Rebecca Gates and Alto in Portland

From Portland’s Creative Music Guild.

REBECCA GATES & JI TANZER
ALTO!
Revival Drum Shop
1465 NE Prescott
Wednesday, April 18, 8 pm
$5
All ages.

Performers:
ALTO! is a Portland-based band consisting of Kyle Emory (drums, electronics), Steven T. Stone (drums, electronics) and Derek Monypeny (guitar). ALTO! is a strongly rhythm-oriented band; dual drummers vary between synched-up pounding and subtly shifting polyrhythms, while the guitar often functions as another percussion instrument. ALTO! draws strong inspiration from Congotronics bands such as Konono #1, the psychedelic explorations of later-period Boredoms, and avant-garde rock bands such as Sun City Girls.

REBECCA GATES
Rebecca Gates is a US based musician, curator, artist and audio editor. She has released four albums, three as leader of the critically acclaimed group The Spinanes (Sub Pop), toured internationally and appeared as a vocalist on numerous records by artists as wide ranging as The Decemberists and Willie Nelson. Her 2001 record Ruby Series was hailed by Spin Magazine as “warm, thoughtful, and melodically gorgeous.” Her new album The Float will be released May 15 by 12XU Records and Parcematone.